Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.


My word: defender My word: vocalist
Root:defend Root: vocal
Meaning: one that defends Meaning:a singer
Related words:defend,defending Related words: vocal

My word:guardian
Root: guard
Meaning: one that guards
Related words: guard, guardian angel